UPDATE:
The 2011 Milking the Rhino: Innovative Solutions Showcase has finally come to a close. This year we have had more than 60 entries, and nearly 200 student participants from eight universities, colleges and high schools from America and Kenya. Each video was viewed by at least seven different referees and judges with expertise including Engineering Design, Social Entrepreneurship, African Studies and more.
The students proposed innovative and sustainable designs aimed at improving the lives of those in developing nations. The full playlist of videos can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/user/HESEPSU
The following student pitches were chosen by the referees and final judges to receive the final awards:
Johnson and Johnson Supply Chain Solution ($1,000)- Lawrence DiGirolamo, Jennica Finney, Alex Thomson - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkv6yytoJ6I
Johnson and Johnson Health Care Solution ($1,000)- Ce Zhang, Adam Mosa- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn0lsyJKQR8
Best Overall Pitch ($500)- Amanda Perez, Katelyn Holmes, Erick Seo- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wubmNiSl4fE
Most Innovative Solution ($500)- Linda Camacho, Krystle Morales, Krysta Kamowski, Ryan Fink-http://youtu.be/s9xenzao3hc
Most Sustainable Business Model ($500)- Shruthi Baskaran, Amy Copley, Andrea Grzybowski- http://youtu.be/cZGmy1Qv_Kc
Best Video Pitch ($250)- Jarod Maggio, Alicia Sherrin, Ben Mitchel- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TfZuWFymRQ
Best use of Indigenous Knowledge ($250)- Elise Brown, Alex Gren, Nicole O'Block - http://youtu.be/IgAyOVI5E-c
Best in High School Division ($100)- Rachel Campbell - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxTDRkWrWeY
Best in Kenya Division ($100)- Samuel Mwangi - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybgUW5Y0R6M
Best in Edsgn 100 Division ($100)- Team Vitality: Danielle Galipo, Heather Pieszala, Shane Mills, Dan Scott - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNBirh4FhVg
Best in Edsgn 100 Division ($100)- Ashley Byerly, Dayse Tapia, Derek Williams, Justin Smith - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usqe-fCY3KM
Best in Edsgn 100 Division ($100)- Michael Tramontozzi, Trevor Shorthouse, Will Carsky, Harrison Pyle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqbInv7XZXA
We will contact the winners soon by the email provided on their submission form.
Congratulations to all again, thank you for participating, and check back in Fall 2012 for next year's Milking the Rhino: Innovative Solutions Showcase!
The students proposed innovative and sustainable designs aimed at improving the lives of those in developing nations. The full playlist of videos can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/user/HESEPSU
The following student pitches were chosen by the referees and final judges to receive the final awards:
Johnson and Johnson Supply Chain Solution ($1,000)- Lawrence DiGirolamo, Jennica Finney, Alex Thomson - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkv6yytoJ6I
Johnson and Johnson Health Care Solution ($1,000)- Ce Zhang, Adam Mosa- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn0lsyJKQR8
Best Overall Pitch ($500)- Amanda Perez, Katelyn Holmes, Erick Seo- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wubmNiSl4fE
Most Innovative Solution ($500)- Linda Camacho, Krystle Morales, Krysta Kamowski, Ryan Fink-http://youtu.be/s9xenzao3hc
Most Sustainable Business Model ($500)- Shruthi Baskaran, Amy Copley, Andrea Grzybowski- http://youtu.be/cZGmy1Qv_Kc
Best Video Pitch ($250)- Jarod Maggio, Alicia Sherrin, Ben Mitchel- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TfZuWFymRQ
Best use of Indigenous Knowledge ($250)- Elise Brown, Alex Gren, Nicole O'Block - http://youtu.be/IgAyOVI5E-c
Best in High School Division ($100)- Rachel Campbell - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxTDRkWrWeY
Best in Kenya Division ($100)- Samuel Mwangi - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybgUW5Y0R6M
Best in Edsgn 100 Division ($100)- Team Vitality: Danielle Galipo, Heather Pieszala, Shane Mills, Dan Scott - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNBirh4FhVg
Best in Edsgn 100 Division ($100)- Ashley Byerly, Dayse Tapia, Derek Williams, Justin Smith - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usqe-fCY3KM
Best in Edsgn 100 Division ($100)- Michael Tramontozzi, Trevor Shorthouse, Will Carsky, Harrison Pyle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqbInv7XZXA
We will contact the winners soon by the email provided on their submission form.
Congratulations to all again, thank you for participating, and check back in Fall 2012 for next year's Milking the Rhino: Innovative Solutions Showcase!
Welcome to Milking the Rhino: Innovative Solutions Showcase!
Milking the Rhino is an award-winning documentary produced by Kartemquin Films that examines environmental conservation from the perspective of people who live with wildlife and offers a complex, intimate portrait of two community-based conservation efforts in Kenya and Namibia. It tells intimate and complex stories of Maasai and Himba communities trying to break out of poverty by leveraging and protecting their surrounding natural resources.
Inspired by Milking The Rhino, Penn State has created the Innovative Solutions Showcase for students from all majors as a venue to foster critical thinking about sustainable community development, developmental entrepreneurship, and the role of technology in enabling new solutions to global inequities. We want students to explore the ethical intricacies of globalization and loss of indigenous cultures, and the role technology plays in fostering and hurting sustainable self-determined development.
Student teams from across the world are invited to articulate their understanding of the challenges faced by indigenous communities in Africa with regard to wildlife and natural resource management, conservation, and sustainability. The teams will then draw from their academic areas to conceptualize and effectively communicate innovative and sustainable solutions to empower indigenous people and foster development by leveraging local resources. Students will prepare three-minute video pitches which will be rated by a five-member interdisciplinary panel of referees. The mechanics and logistics of the showcase, important dates and resources are presented on this website.
The Milking the Rhino: Innovative Solutions Showcase is hosted by the Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship (HESE) Program at Penn State. Sponsors include the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA), Interinstitutional Consortium for Indigenous Knowledge (ICIK), Marjorie Grant Whiting Center for Humanity, Arts and the Environment, Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Office of Student Activities, Center for Global Studies, School of International Affairs & the Dickinson School of Law, and Johnson and Johnson.
Please join our mailing list list to receive information on important dates and events. Email mtr.iss.psu@gmail.com for more information, questions or comments.
Inspired by Milking The Rhino, Penn State has created the Innovative Solutions Showcase for students from all majors as a venue to foster critical thinking about sustainable community development, developmental entrepreneurship, and the role of technology in enabling new solutions to global inequities. We want students to explore the ethical intricacies of globalization and loss of indigenous cultures, and the role technology plays in fostering and hurting sustainable self-determined development.
Student teams from across the world are invited to articulate their understanding of the challenges faced by indigenous communities in Africa with regard to wildlife and natural resource management, conservation, and sustainability. The teams will then draw from their academic areas to conceptualize and effectively communicate innovative and sustainable solutions to empower indigenous people and foster development by leveraging local resources. Students will prepare three-minute video pitches which will be rated by a five-member interdisciplinary panel of referees. The mechanics and logistics of the showcase, important dates and resources are presented on this website.
The Milking the Rhino: Innovative Solutions Showcase is hosted by the Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship (HESE) Program at Penn State. Sponsors include the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA), Interinstitutional Consortium for Indigenous Knowledge (ICIK), Marjorie Grant Whiting Center for Humanity, Arts and the Environment, Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Office of Student Activities, Center for Global Studies, School of International Affairs & the Dickinson School of Law, and Johnson and Johnson.
Please join our mailing list list to receive information on important dates and events. Email mtr.iss.psu@gmail.com for more information, questions or comments.
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